Nurturing worst-case scenarios in your personal narrative
Anticipation is stressful. When you are waiting for something to happen, and you have no control of when and how it will happen —if at all — the waiting is an exercise in self-restraint. Not all of us are good at self-restraint. We have all heard the usual advice that is dished out when this happens: learn how to meditate, go out and do something else —distract yourself focus on the stuff that you can control. This is all sage advice, but it doesn't really help if self-restra